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第 33 頁
... rear of their column , which was done with the utmost spirit . Three cheers were the signal of our onset . The Spa- niards fled ; and the right column , seeing the fate of their left , set spurs to their horses , and also fled without ...
... rear of their column , which was done with the utmost spirit . Three cheers were the signal of our onset . The Spa- niards fled ; and the right column , seeing the fate of their left , set spurs to their horses , and also fled without ...
第 50 頁
... rear . The French came down upon us again . We gave them another specimen of a charge , as effectual as our first , and pursued them three miles . In our first charge , I felt my mind waver ; a breathless sensation came over me . The ...
... rear . The French came down upon us again . We gave them another specimen of a charge , as effectual as our first , and pursued them three miles . In our first charge , I felt my mind waver ; a breathless sensation came over me . The ...
第 63 頁
... rear guard ; a small valley only dividing them from it . This night we remained standing in the fields until day broke ; our arms piled . The sky was one continued expanse of stars ; not a cloud to be seen , and the frost was most ...
... rear guard ; a small valley only dividing them from it . This night we remained standing in the fields until day broke ; our arms piled . The sky was one continued expanse of stars ; not a cloud to be seen , and the frost was most ...
第 68 頁
... rear - guard , commanded by Major - General Beresford , occupying the lines in front of Corunna . We had made great fires , and a few of the freshest of our men were left to keep them up , and run round them , to deceive the enemy . At ...
... rear - guard , commanded by Major - General Beresford , occupying the lines in front of Corunna . We had made great fires , and a few of the freshest of our men were left to keep them up , and run round them , to deceive the enemy . At ...
第 78 頁
... were much entertained by some of our men who had got over a wall , the day before , when the enemy were in the rear ; and , now , were * Thin flat cakes . put to their shifts to get over again , and 78 JOURNAL OF A SOLDIER .
... were much entertained by some of our men who had got over a wall , the day before , when the enemy were in the rear ; and , now , were * Thin flat cakes . put to their shifts to get over again , and 78 JOURNAL OF A SOLDIER .
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第 188 頁 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
第 188 頁 - But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
第 229 頁 - Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick marked, — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.
第 187 頁 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
第 187 頁 - With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And -we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
第 186 頁 - NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
第 285 頁 - Marshal had promised me, that in case we should be attacked, he would support me with one or more corps, as might be necessary.
第 181 頁 - General, discovering the mistake, said to them, " My brave 42d, join your comrades : ammunition is coming, and you have your bayonets !" Upon this, they instantly moved forward.
第 281 頁 - We maintained our position also, and completely defeated and repulsed all the enemy's attempts to get possession of it. The enemy repeatedly attacked us with a large body of cavalry and infantry, supported by a numerous and powerful artillery ; he made several charges with the cavalry upon our infantry, but all were repulsed in the steadiest manner.
第 285 頁 - Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the legion which occupied it had expended all its ammunition, and the enemy occupied the only communication there was with them. The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry, but these attacks were uniformly unsuccessful, and they afforded opportunity to our cavalry to charge ; in one of which, Lord E.